I knew that my little Roadcat was an excellent huntress and and a Tough
Girl Kitty, but I had no idea she was such an excellent hunt organizer!

This morning I was standing at the kitchen sink washing all the kitty food
bowls. I usually have a whole flock of cats at my feet when I do this so I
was surprised to see everybody under the kitchen table instead. As I
looked over to see what they were up to I saw a flash of dark fur way too
close to the floor - a rodent was in the house.

I grabbed a box to catch the rodent in and started moving obstacles
(chairs and the like) away from the table to I could to where the action
was. As I was crawling around I to watch the action - Harri took the
corner of the table next to the microwave cart and held her position. She
was keeping an eye on the rodent (either a huge mouse or a small rat), and
I swear she was signaling Ranger, Tabitha, and Samuel where to move next!
The mouse would move towards the living room and Harri would wave a paw at
Sammy, who would move in on that side.  It would move towards the kitchen,
Harri would meow and wave a Paw at Tabitha, and Tabitha would cut off that
avenue.

This was fascinating to watch, but I still spoiled the fun by dropping a
box over the mouse, sliding a cardboard underneath, and taking the critter
outside and turning it loose. The kitties, however, weren't deterred. They
kept sniffing a prowling around where they first caught sight of it, in
hopes of turning up some more live prey.

We don't normally see many rodents in our area, but a big brush fire
started just a few miles from our house yesterday afternoon. By last night
it had grown to 750 acres. It's moving away from our house so we're most
likely not in danger, but it's still close enough that we could be seeing
some animals displaced by the fire and the firefighting operations.